Tolerance by ringed seals (Phoca hispida) to impact pipe-driving and construction sounds at an oil production island

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2346-2357

  Blackwell, Susanna B ^a   Lawson, John W ^b,d   Williams, Michael T ^c  

^a Greeneridge Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^c LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AUDIOMETERS; BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIODIVERSITY; HELICOPTERS;

AUDIOMETRIC DATA; SOUND-EXPOSURE LEVELS (SEL); SOUND-PRESSURE LEELS (SPL);

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ICE; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; BIOACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION; OIL INDUSTRY; PINNIPED; PIPELINE; UNDERWATER NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HELICOPTER; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTICS; AIRCRAFT; ALASKA; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INDUSTRY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; SEALS, EARLESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 2142818661     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1701899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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